I must apologise early2, and HA, I was most unfair.
What could have made my think someone who will not back up new start pilots (with less than a years life out of there blue and whites) by offering a subsidy on there complete refit, would have a problem with paying them an extra say 5 or 6+ thousand dollars each per annum. At 650 hours a year, for say 20 employees, that’s an extra $130,000 per year... or 110,000 litres of AVGAS!
That doesn't factor the minimum 2 hours pay for calling a pilot in, or paying a pilot based on real duty time not MR. Nor does include super, holiday pay, sick pay blah blah blah, should he offer pilots salaries.
So your probably right, when I'm currently on $30k pa, I probably am jealous of those on $17-22k who have to pay for not one but TWO uniforms in their first year of employment.
Empathy early2, not jealousy.
GH... On the weekend a Cheiftain driver forgot to put wheels down at remote airstrip with full pax. No one hurt that I have heard of.